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A "rescue package" has been agreed to that will lead to Britain’s Olympic sports "being spared funding cuts in the run-up to Tokyo 2020," according to Martyn Ziegler of the LONDON TIMES. The government has "agreed to cover an anticipated shortfall of National Lottery income" of more than &poun...

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A report strongly criticized UK Anti-Doping "over its failure to alert the General Medical Council to evidence from a whistleblower that a Harley Street doctor had provided performance-enhancing drugs to sportspeople," according to Martyn Ziegler of the LONDON TIMES. The report by former Assistant C ...

British F1 team McLaren has secured a new sponsorship deal ahead of its home grand prix in Silverstone with NTT Communications Corp. The ICT solutions and int'l communications company, a subsidiary of Japan's NTT Group, has signed on as the team's official technology partner. NTT Communications will ...

Premier League clubs have spent an estimated £300M ($388.5M) "during the first week of the summer transfer window," according to Bibhash Dash of the BBC. By comparison, £870M was "spent during the nine weeks of last summer's window." Business analyst Deloitte "expects gross outlay to ris ...

A police investigation has been launched "into claims by two Kenyan doctors and one of their associates that they had supplied banned performance-enhancing drugs to British ­athletes," according to the LONDON TIMES. The medics were "secretly filmed by undercover reporters from The Sunday Times inves ...

Bloomberg revealed that Serena Williams will "go home with less Wimbledon prize money this year as a result of Brexit," according to Mark Molloy of the London TELEGRAPH. The world No. 1 has lost out on an estimated $380,000 "due to the value of the pound falling" following the U.K.’s decision ...

The BBC "has been accused of a dereliction of its duty to impartiality after allowing John McEnroe to commentate on Milos Raonic’s epic Wimbledon semi-final win against Roger Federer," according to Ben Rumsby of the London TELEGRAPH. McEnroe was also criticized "for fulfilling his broadcasting ...

Social video service provider Grabyo has seen “enormous growth” in its business as established and upcoming sports properties take advantage of its software tools, company CEO Gareth Capon said. The London-based company went from roughly 40 million views across its platform in '14 to abo ...

Staff at Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct will "miss out on bonus payments potentially worth thousands of pounds each, despite a move last year to make the targets easier to hit, after the sportswear chain surprised analysts with a steep fall in profits," according to Mark Vandevelde of the FINANCI ...

Scottish Premiership side Rangers "decided against trying to win a seat at Scottish football's top table," according to Darren Cooney of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. A place on the Scottish Professional Football League board "was made available by the standing down of Stephen Thompson and Ann Bud ...

Nissan and bet365 have "signed three-year deals to sponsor live Premier League football on Sky Sports," according to Simon Gwynn of CAMPAIGN LIVE. The season starts on Aug. 13, with "newly-promoted Hull City hosting champions Leicester City in the first fixture," at 12:30pm. This will be the "f ...